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Dr. Seema Yasmin (Photo courtesy Lucas-Passmore) Journalist and physician Dr. Seema Yasmin’s newest novel, ‘Unbecoming,’ due in early July MELISSA WHITLER | NBCU Fellow Melissa@DallasVoice.com Unbecoming follows two Muslim teens living in an apocalyptic near-future Texas where the right to choose is abolished and abortions are completely illegal.
Best friends Laylah and Noor decide to create an illegal guide to abortion to help those in need. And as the two work together, the need for the guide becomes even more urgent.
Dr. Seema Yasmin was inspired to write the novel by her time working as a journalist in Dallas. She afforded extensive coverage to reproductive health then, and she saw firsthand how dangerous it can be to be pregnant in Texas.
She was often asked why she chose to move from New York to the South, and she said the state is not what people think. “My reality was very different from what people from the Northern U.S.
